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Idaho Blogs — 2/13/09

Sharon Ullman is doing something every politician ought to do. She has joined the growing ranks of local blogging politicos. But here's where I part ways with the Ada County commissioner: She says she will post answers to reporters' questions at her blog instead of consenting to interviews. This doesn't square with Ullman's commitment to open government. And it seems a lot like the stubbornly peevish Ullman I remember from her first time in elected employ/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: What do you think of a politician, like Commissioner Sharon Ullman, who will answer reporter's questions on her new blog but not in face-to-face?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.